Slashing Pumpkins

This poor pumpkin didn’t stand a chance. The conspiracy began when Papa snatched this poor guy right off the street and drug him back to our house.

He carefully sliced a hole in the top of his noggin while Laylee sat heartlessly drawing plans for his new brainless face.

Magoo looked on as papa extracted [...]

Filed under: blick, family fun, holidays, unbearable cuteness

You Want Me to Go Where, Now?

Sometimes Magoo talks with a not-splickable Southern accent.
Magoo loves hills.
The Seattle area is full of them.
When he sees one coming up in the distance, he points and strains hulk-like at his carseat straps, yelling, “MOMMY!!!! GO TO HAY-ULL!!! GO. TO. HAY-ULL!!!”
I don’t really want to go there.

Filed under: around town, driving, fun, fun, fun, kid stuff

A Smart Little Cookie

Here is a snapshot of a day in my life with Laylee:
When I put Magoo in time out in the middle of the floor in Costco for continuously running away from me cackling, Laylee stated her approval. “MOM!” she whispered loudly, “I A-GREE with you!” Lately she whispers this to me pretty much [...]

Filed under: kid stuff

Happy Halloween

Are we the only ones who’ve been doing this for the past several weeks at Costco?

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Filed under: around town, dancing, holidays, kid stuff

When We Know Better

When we know better, we do better. I wish I’d known more about postpartum mood disorders before Magoo was born. I wish more people were more informed. It is this wish that’s caused me to write my 3-part series at Parenting about my experiences with postpartum anxiety and panic, the conclusion of [...]

Filed under: bloghersact, brains, get serious, mothersact, postpartum

Scaring the Sale Out of Me

A traveling sales person who was “not selling anything” came by my house the other day. He was “not selling” home security systems. They were the best security systems ever and would change my life for the better and possibly prolong it. It was a good thing that he was “not selling” [...]

Filed under: all about me, around town, driving, shopping